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h3000 · 26-12-2015 08:49PM

chriity139 wrote: »

That red mondeo is lovely. Great work on the detail. Looks amazing

Thanks Chriity, there are a few swirl marks on it that I need to get out. I'm saving up for a DA at the moment.

The DC5 is lovely, I had my eye on one for a while. I had a Prelude a few years back and loved it.

chriity139 · 26-12-2015 08:55PM

h3000 wrote: »

Thanks Chriity, there are a few swirl marks on it that I need to get out. I'm saving up for a DA at the moment.

The DC5 is lovely, I had my eye on one for a while. I had a Prelude a few years back and loved it.

Thanks I waited a long time to find one this clean so will be keeping it for years to come. Like preludes as well. Was only in one once but was a lovely place to be.

Im eying up a DA myself. Would love to learn to use one as its an incredible skill to have. If I get it I wont be starting on the DC5, the civic will be my little test subject

Plans before the DA for the dc5 is fully claybar the car, polish serval coats and serval coats of wax once the bloody rain stops ha

cian1500ww · 27-12-2015 12:48PM

My recent purchase A5 Coupe:

mik_da_man · 29-12-2015 12:48AM

Fast Food

Hal1 · 29-12-2015 02:32AM

And heated seats to keep you're buns warm

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Vicxas · 29-12-2015 09:39AM

God I love A5's, they're just gorgeous.

GvidoR · 30-12-2015 03:37PM

Escort friend. :pac:

Alanstrainor · 30-12-2015 04:04PM

You hardly see any escorts around these days! Rare to park up next to another!

bear1 · 30-12-2015 04:23PM

Boyle?

GvidoR · 30-12-2015 04:29PM

bear1 wrote: »

Boyle?

Yes, sir. Good eye.

bear1 · 30-12-2015 04:30PM

I remember I was at that petrol station back in October while heading to visit Lough Key.

Hal1 · 30-12-2015 05:12PM

That one in front must be the ghia spec with the chrome trim over the reg. Looks like it's sitting lower or just knackered springs/shocks?

pudzey101 · 30-12-2015 05:22PM

been after a 320d for awhile

my luck came in over Christmas , in black , a coupe , alloys , leather seats , m sport interior

shietpilot · 30-12-2015 06:01PM

Hal1 wrote: »

That one in front must be the ghia spec with the chrome trim over the reg. Looks like it's sitting lower or just knackered springs/shocks?

Fully loaded with stuff from the sales I reckon :pac:

pudzey101 wrote: »

been after a 320d for awhile my luck came in over Christmas , in black , a coupe , alloys , leather seats , m sport interior

Nice 3 series that. The 320Cd's seem quite rare. You usually only see the saloons with the 2.0 diesel engine.

power pants · 30-12-2015 06:46PM

Hal1 wrote: »

That one in front must be the ghia spec with the chrome trim over the reg. Looks like it's sitting lower or just knackered springs/shocks?

you would be right in general as I had a 98 demo ghia car with all the add ons but I think the late 00 models came with ghia spec as standard

GvidoR · 30-12-2015 06:59PM

Looks better without the chrome, imo. What else came on the Ghia model?

NickDunne · 30-12-2015 07:15PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Looks better without the chrome, imo. What else came on the Ghia model?

Alloys

Wood effect dash :pac:

Leccy windows/mirrors

Tilt and slide sunroof :pac: :pac:

and a couple of poxy badges. Not 100% sure about a/c

rizzodun · 30-12-2015 07:35PM

power pants wrote: »

you would be right in general as I had a 98 demo ghia car with all the add ons but I think the late 00 models came with ghia spec as standard

There's a lot to be said for picking up end of line models, I remember the N15 Almera I had was just before the N16 came out, so it got electric sunroof, electric windows etc (some other things I can't remember right now). as standard to shift the last lot of models out the door.

Hal1 · 30-12-2015 07:38PM

Quite a site alright, handy spot for the electric windows.

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power pants · 30-12-2015 08:20PM

that was identical to mine, like the window switches there, same on my current car too. Even had head rests on the back seats which were uncommon on that size of car back then. Nice tinted windows factory spec and fog lights, sports grill and sunroof.

for an escort it looked really good back then

GvidoR · 30-12-2015 08:38PM

Hal1 wrote: »

Quite a site alright, handy spot for the electric windows.

Mine has electric windows in the same spot.
Thankfully I don't have the wood dash. :P
Mine doesn't have passenger side airbag or electric mirrors.
OEM radio and clock are slightly different.
Other than that the interior is the same.

BTW didn't look like the Escort in front had a sunroof.

Noccy_Mondy · 30-12-2015 08:53PM

kodirl wrote:

Roll on Monday- will be collecting my new Performance Pack GTI

What's the idea behind the clingy plastic on the bonnet and roof. You'd often see it on newly arrived cars. To prevent damage, scrapes etc?

Voodoomelon · 30-12-2015 09:55PM

Automotive protective film. Bit of a waste really, cars are rarely if ever entirely covered in it and it protects from nothing more than extremely light grit and rain. You can even see in this case its on the bonnet and roof, which is effectively pointless. Makes it look like they're making an effort though.

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 10:46PM

It's generally only on horizontal parts of the car like the roof/bonnet. Bird droppings or other shoite could really damage paint.

bazz26 · 30-12-2015 10:55PM

I wonder is our man in Co Laois collecting his annual new Ford Focus this year?

Noccy_Mondy · 30-12-2015 10:59PM

bazz26 wrote:

I wonder is our man in Co Laois collecting his annual new Ford Focus this year?

Was just about to go dig up last years thread to ask that question!

JoeA3 · 31-12-2015 01:26AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

What's the idea behind the clingy plastic on the bonnet and roof. You'd often see it on newly arrived cars. To prevent damage, scrapes etc?

More so to prevent fallout from the sky - bird crap, iron filings, etc, as it's really only on the roof / bonnet. Most new cars often spend a fair amount of time on railway tracks and sitting around in dock-side compounds.

JoeA3 · 31-12-2015 01:31AM

My Dad had 2 Escort's in the 1990's, the interior was a lot like the one posted above barring the horrid fake "wood"

I spent a lot of my formative driving years driving his 2nd one in an effort to impress the ladies lol. It was a 1996 "CLX" Escort Saloon and was quite a nice car for it's day. Leccy window switches near the gearstick alright which seemed to make sense back then but would be a major oddity today! It had a nice factory stereo - a bigger button double din job, not like the one in that pic. TBH though, when the Focus came along in 1999 the Escort dated very rapidly.

GvidoR · 31-12-2015 01:51AM

JoeA3 wrote: »

My Dad had 2 Escort's in the 1990's, the interior was a lot like the one posted above barring the horrid fake "wood"

I spent a lot of my formative driving years driving his 2nd one in an effort to impress the ladies lol. It was a 1996 "CLX" Escort Saloon and was quite a nice car for it's day. Leccy window switches near the gearstick alright which seemed to make sense back then but would be a major oddity today! It had a nice factory stereo - a bigger button double din job, not like the one in that pic. TBH though, when the Focus came along in 1999 the Escort dated very rapidly.

Was it like this? This is what I have in mine.

JoeA3 · 31-12-2015 02:00AM

Yep that was it! The early Focus's had a similar unit. the "6000" version had CD rather than tape. How do I remember this stuff...

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